Charging and drawing machine for gas-retorts.



PATENTED FER-25, 1908.

H. E. CARPENTER. CHARGING AND DRAWING MACHINE FOR GAS RETORTS.

y 2 SHEETS-SHEET 1.

APPLICATION FILED KA-Y 22. 1906.

id'zzeew a' M a/W No. 880,440. PATENTED FEB. 25, 1908. H. E. CARPENTER.

CHARGING AND DRAWING MACHINE FOR GAS RETORTS.

APPLICATION IIIJED MAY 22. 1905.

2 SHEETS-SHEET 2.

' E hi it i7 JERSEY.

'. EUGENE CARPENTER, OF SEWEOKLEY, PENNSYLVANIA, MANUFACTURING COMPANY, Oh EBQBE'E' UlTY, 'IIEW JERSE i CGRPORNZZON ASSIGNOR TO RITER-CON- onesome awn Dimmers nannies Fences-harness.

with means to enable the operator to controlthe movement of the machine along the bench of retorts; also the movements of the hopper charging and. drawing mechanism, so

as to bring them upon the level of the various retorts readily. and without changing his position during such movements, and toaccomplish this purpose my invention consists in'providing the machine with a platform for the operator, secured to the frame of the charging and drawing mechanism; and a series of vertically disposed rods connected to and corresponding in number with levers which control the movements of the machine and its various parts enumerated, and hand levers slidable upon said rods, whereby the operator is enabled to occupy relatively the same horizontal plane with the charging and drawing mechanismand control the movements thereof and of the machine along the bench of retort-s by means of the operating levers slidable on said rods, and to more readily observethe operation of the charging and drawing mechanism.--

I will now describe. my invention, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part hereof, in which Figure 1 is a side elevation of acharging machine with my improvement ap lied thereto.

Fig. 2 is an end elevation o the same. Fig. 3 is a detail view of one of the operating levers. Fig. 4 is a fragmentary view on an enlarged scale of the operating levers and the rotatable rods with which said levers areassociated, the dotted lines indicating the slidable relation of the levers to said rods.

Like reference characters parts wherever they occur.

Referring to said drawings, Arepresents the charging machine, which is mounted on indicate like Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed ltiay 22 1906. Serial EOJQGLGSZ:

Entrants-cl Feb. ELQQE.

wheels 1 and adapted to travel on rails 2, 2,

chine is provided with an upright frame, 4,

cured, and on which the operating mechanism is mounted. V

5 is a motor adapted to propel or cause the machine to travel along the bench of retorts, also for elevating and lowering the hopper 6 carious levels of the retorts as hereinafter described; The said motor is provided with a shaft 7 ,upon the outer end of which is mounted the worm 8, which engages-with and transmits power to the wvorm' gear 9 shaft 10 on-which. 1s loosely mounted the bevel gear 11; the said bevel gear 11 meshes with and transmits ower to the gear wheel 12 whichis' mounted 13, which is journaled in bearingsformed in a portion of thelframe t and the upright 14. A worm- 15 is mounted upon said shaft and a meshes with and transmits power to the worm wheel 16 which is mounted on the shaft 17. The said shaft 17. is journaled in bearing formed in the blocks 18 which are secured to the frame 4 and the upright 14, and has mounted thereon the drum 19, over which the chains 20, 21 pass and are adapted to be wound for the purpose of elevating and frame 22, which-is secured to the lower end. of said hopper, the opposite ends of said chains, respectively, being anchored or attached to the sides of'the hopper frame at the top thereof as shown in Fig. 2. The said chain 20 passes from the drum. 19 to the pulley 23, which is mounted in bearings 24 secured in the frame nearthe bottom thereof,

leys 26, 27, and 28 and is finally secured to the upper side of the hopper frame at ac. The chain 21 passes over pulleys similar in construction and similarly located and disposed in the opposite end' of the frame andis anchored to the same at a point opposite to 0:.

Upon the lower end of the vertically disposed shaft 10 is loosely mounted the miter gear 29, which meshes with the beveled gear 30 secured upon one of the axles of the ma- China, and when the clutch member 31 which is integral with said miter gear 29 is engaged along the bench of retorts The said ma mounted upon the upper end of the vertical lowering the hopper 6 and the chargingand truck 4, to which said frame is s'eand the charging mechanism frame to the on the transverse shaft thence to and over the pulley 25 to the pul- '40 which is secured to the i l J llie motor or ram 213 which mounted in the rear end the ch Ci mechanism iii-lune 22, throu n the med which the for'vmrd -=nd he l n; of the charging inecheuisir actuated by the lover 3-4. i of the charging mechanism the Wheel 35. As the in Vcncing the clia-rgin devie in the present invention describe the some.

lleretofcre, so for as I am sin-are movements of the opp rein described were controlled by lovers accessible to the operator only v. zen he occupied the truck or platform of the machine, requiring him to descend from-the charging friiiue of the sperotus in order to manipulate the some. in other Words the mc'ven1ei..@s of the rum chine and the charging apparatus carried thereby were controlled by levers eper-able only from the truck of the machine, requir ing the operator to remain thereon in order to control the movements of the Vorious mechanisms, and looking it in'i'posliible for him to closely observe the opera n of the charging device,

It is the primary object of the present iu- Vention to obviate these diiiiculties, and to do so I provide the machine with a platform 36, which is secured to the frame of the charging machine and upon which the {in-- eretor rernsins during oll the various Jove, men of the machine and of the mechanism ceried thereby and from which he has easy control of all the levers which actuate the machine. A series of operating levers 37, 38 and 39 are pivotellj' attached to the plate lime oi the hereon rele- ElSlll for 10 3 love 4 Wlii not more iui charging a? mretus at a point tive to saic pleti'orm 36, which l s the operator on ssid pl "rum to reellily'cen iroi said levers at all times, The said lev connected to a/ corresponding number oi vertically disposed rods 411,42 e3 which are rotatably secured in hearings,

hreckets le and 45, which project from and are secured. to the sides of the n'mcliine the said levers and 39 being, respectively, eonnected to said rods 4- 42 and 13, by means of splines 45, where by when either ofsa-id' levers ere operated they cause the rods to which they sre re spectively connected to rotate or turn, there by operating the con roil ng levers to which said rods are respectively connected, and permits these rods to slide upon said splines formed in the frame of link 4&8 end nnected.

:lisposed 1' l i outed in the hrsckets 4 and +1 5 '11 l. on the lower end 'lhercol mounted he spring I t pressed blocks G1, one of which adapted to contact e when the ohargirw ironic arrives at its lowest point. The said lever 63 is coiuected to and actual s which is pivotelly attached to link 65, the upper end of which engages the shaft 54, and through the links '5 operates the valve to reverse the iuotoix lilotive fluid is edniiited to said motor through the supply pipe so, which enters the upper end or top of ihe' valve casing 67, in which a valve loos-ted to control the admission of motiv fluid to reversing valve 57 of the motor I v s of pipe 68. "1 cisiiu. my invention and desire to secure by Letters lzetent:

iL in e machine for charging and drawing retorts, the combination of a vertically movaole frail carrying the charging; and drawing mechanism, a platform attached to said vertically-moveblo frame and movable therewith, and means in proximity to the platform to operate the machine and cherry;

J and drawing mechanism from said plat in ali'iiLGllillE for hsrging end drewii'igi ts, the combination of movable mechanism, platform, a plate se- I linen upon said frame near said plelforni,

| levers pivolielly secured to said plsce, rots mhle rods upon which said lovers are slide-hie,

and means to connect said IOllS with the opsriztlevers.

in :1 machine for charging and drawing reto ts, tile combination of e inovehle frame ca ryiing; the charging and drawing inec nisni, :1 platform secured to said frame, e series of pivotelly connected to the 1 frame near the pletiorin, a series of verticslly (lisp rote-Essie rods upon which i e slide 1y mounted, and means 4' sting 3.11: Ti

the link 64,

iii-pill to col-qr the drawing and fas'retorts, the combination with a movable rame carrying the charging and drawing mechanism, of a platform attached thereto and movable therewith, mechanism to oper- 5 ate the machine and drawing'mechanlsm, and means associated with said mechanism for actuating the same from said platform,-

said means being shiftable with the change of position of the platform Without disturb- 10 ing their operative relation to the mechanism anis signed my name in the presence of two s'ubscribing witnesses.

v HAROLD EUGENE CARPENTER. In the presence of- I 'CLARENCE A. WILLIAMS,

JOHN H. RONEY.

for operating the machine and drawing mech- V Intestimony whereof I have hereunto 

